page_title: Nils-Aslak Valkeapää
section_title: Written works
hierarchical_section_title: Nils-Aslak Valkeapää / Written works
caption_attribution_description: English: Cover from the book The Sun, My Father by Nils-Aslak Valkeapää. Nils-Aslak Valkeapää's Beaivi Sun symbol.
context_page_description: Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, known as Áillohaš in the Northern Sami language, was a Finnish Sami writer, musician and artist. He was born in Enontekiö in Lapland province, Finland. He lived most of his life in Käsivarsi, close to the border of Sweden, and also in Skibotn in Norway. Valkeapää was born to a family of traditional reindeer herders, but was trained as a school teacher. His most well-known international debut was when he performed at the opening ceremony of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway. He received the Nordic Council Literature Prize for The Sun, My Father in 1991.
context_section_description: Poems
  Eanni, eannázan (2001) ISBN 82-90625-40-5
  Girddán, seivvodan (1999) ISBN 82-90625-34-0
  The Sun, My Father (1997) ISBN 82-90625-32-4
  In the shadow of midnight sun. Contemporary Sámi prose and poetry (1997) ISBN 82-7374-309-8
  Jus gaccebiehtár bohkosivccii (1996)
  Nu guhkkin dat mii lahka: så fjernt det naere (1994) ISBN 82-90625-20-0
  Trekways of the Wind (1994) Univ of Arizona Press, ISBN 82-90625-21-9
  Aurinko, isäni (1992) Ulkomainen Kirjallisuus, ISBN 978-82-90625-15-8
  Fadir min, solin (1992)
  Solen, min far (1990)
  Vindens veier (1990)
  Beaivi áhcázan (1988)
  Vidderna inom mig (1987)
  Ich bin des windigen Berges Kind (1985)
  Ruoktu váimmus (1985) (combination of earlier poem collections)
  Ádjaga silbasuonat (1981)
  Kevään yöt niin valoisat (1980)
  Lávllo vizár biellocizás (1976)
  Gida ijat cuov’gadat (1974)
caption: The Sun, My Father artwork by Nils-Aslak Valkeapää
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